Brick machine



lMaly 3, 1927.

H. R. MCCUNE BRICK MACHINE Filed Aug. 5. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 M 3 1927. i ay H. R. MCCUNE BRICK MACHINE Filed Aug. 5, 1925 I I 3 SheetS'-Sheet 3 thereto.

Patented May 3, 1927.

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' HERBERT n. MCCUNE, on nncATUR, ILLINOIS, Assrenon'roinncarun nnrcxivrrc. p co., or nncarun, ILLrNoIs, A'conroaarron Aor ILLINOIS. d s

BRICK MACHINE.' l

Application med August 5, 192e. serial No'. 127,234.

This invention has reference to certain new and useful improvements in brick machines and pertains more particularly 4to a brick machine for ornamenting the surface or surfaces of the brick.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a brick machine which has novel and improved means for .ornamenting the surface of the brick by roughening same, and

,more especially to pick out particles of the clay by means of a device which latter is positively rotated during the feeding and pressing of the clay and which carries a plurality ofl picking elementsthemselves bodily movable with the device, but capable of rotation or movement independently of the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this'character which may be easily applied to existing types of brick machines andvr properly ladjusted Arelative That theinvention may be more fully understood, reference is had tothe accompanying drawings `forming a part of the present description'vand illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which;-

Figure lis a top plan view of the invention applied to a brick machine, the vlatter shown in fragment; .Figure 2 is a .side elevation; `Figure 3 is a front elevation, parts being omitted;

4:5l bers;

AFigure 4. is a detail lview of onel of the picking devices; d

'Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectionall view of Figure 4; c

.Figure v6 is a detail yview of one of the picker carrying shaftsy Figure 7 is a fragmentary view, partly in section of a modified form of picker devlce; v y i Figure 8 'is a detail side elevational view partly in section of one Vof the picker mem- Figure 9 is a frontI elevation ofl Figures;

. Figure 10 is a side elevationpartly broken' away of a further modified device, and v Figure l1 is a longitudinal sectional view of FigurelO. n

Like characters of reference denote' corresnnnding' parts throughout the figures.

form ofY picker In proceeding in accordance with thepres! yof a press ofk The mechanism embodying my invention v supporting bary 3, being ing the I parts L frame and has connected thereto the hand thread on the other side,

pose of making close 1 and l minute adjust ments. The holding member ent invention, `1 indicates thelmouth and. die *l standard manufacture.

"It i y is supported therefrom by means of the arms-.1 j

or bracketv members .2, and lincludes the horipzontalsupporting' bar 3 Iand the'vertically extending ybracket membersf4 movable on vsaid bar, theseelements forming the lsupporting frame of the mechanism. The supporting bar'isconnected to af plurality of the arms or lbracket members 2, andv other of thearms or bracket members 2 are connected tothe lower portions of. thel vertically eX- tending is supported from the press.

` This frame forms .the supporting means bracket members 4, so. that the ,frameI j for a pair of ornamenting vmeans for the l sides of the column of clay, as it passes from the die to the usual conveyer mechanism.`

stated" hereinbefore,l ythe vertical Vbracket members 4 are movable `on the horizontal apertures 5, lthrough which. bar 3 passes, set

provided -with the l screws 6 beingprovided forlocking or hold-'zV in adjusted position. These vertical bracket members 4 also `have the Journal openings -7. The hub portions 8 of gears 9 bear against the `.vertical bracket members `4, these gears 'beingslidably keyed, :ff

by means of a long `key-way` 10,v to they hori- Izontallyextendingoperating shaft 11. This shafty 11 extends beyond the supporting l sprocket 12, which .is driven by chain or other flexible connection 1,3A

Y from driving sprocket 14, which-is oprativel vconnected to the conveyer mechanism asv shown..

.Secured to the top of'each bracket member adjusting ortension screw 16 which `hasfa right hand .th-read on one side andV a left for the purto the supporting bar 3 by means of set screws 18v and is provided/with the bifurcated or forked portion19 which lits between the collars 20 on the shaft rigid. l Each of the vertically extending bracket; members is provided with the lateral extension,21 bored-as at `22 to provide a bearing for the verticalfshaft 23,-r this shaft having a gear 24on .its upper end yinmesh with' 4 1s the bracket 15 throughvwhichpasses the ii" 17 is securedil the shaftll, so as to hold l gear 9 on horizontal shaft 11. Secured to the lovvei'uend.v of each vertically extending bracket member 4 is the horizontally extending plate member 25, Which is formed with ,thceflapent-ure 26j-opening .th-rough the ybottom thereof. This aperture/f receives the j ouriial extension 28 of bearing plate 29, which is means of the'"sci-"ewsvr 30, the journal extension 28 f 10 adjusted in position by providing a journal for the lower end 'of the vvertical shaft 23, Which Lis provided `With `,the vgrease side of' the frame -by` the nut and screw vconnection Withthe', flange, as shown, extend upwardly from the ,conveyer frame and `have VT-heads to supportfthebeaiing for the horizontalkr shaft 32, this shaft being... positioned nism. Additional braces (31 extend to the frame Where'they l are adjustably connected .bythefslot and bolt connection 31. This horizontaal s li'aftis provided With the drivingsprocket 33 Vonthe 'other side` which is :driven by ythe'cha'in or 'other' flexible connection from the sprocket .1 84 on the other side of slrafft"11.f"This shaft`32 Vhas the means described'on each side to permit raising and"loaver'ing.` i

' {Theshaft `32 and, also vthe. shafts 23 Aeach liaverigidly securedthereon, `heads or disks still 4saine can rotate or Vmove independently `ofthe heads, which effects a varying picking or digging action infthe body of clay.

v ",fiifFigures 7,' '8 and I9 -of vkthe vdravviifigs a modified form of theinve'ntion is'fdisclosed has VVa series lofshafts 1v511 secured to heads52,

- but one of tlie'flatte'r lbeingshovvn. As' `shown .qn Figuresfandw;hub's`r53 .are provided *which* freely rotate'on "the shaft',` 51 and ivihiicl-i areprovided `v'vitliyradial threaded openings threadedjly `receiving the 'picker' ele- .in ents ii4-vil-iich*v latter "are held jlock nuts ,'55 onto the {l-nbs. "Other hubs '56 farev loosely fino'unted 'onvtlie' shafts '151 and fare Vprovided' l..with-ipicker blades 157 which extend Aradially and which are set at an.

angle Kto' Ithe faXes It -f "f ll be *noted* that in i ithis'fffoifintpff Ithe' entio'ii v"the picker ele- :ments 54' alterlnate -With the picker- :blades The-'blades 57--bf l'each liub 156, are relativelystaggered; to'tih-i'isproduce a corre- .of the picker spending effect in roughening of the surface iof the brick.

' ln Figures 10 and l1, a still further modivlied form of the invention is disclosed and wherein the `piclter devices are; :formed in their entirety .ofbla'des 60 .off relative staggered form mounted on hubs 6l, the latter be'ing'ffreely rotatable on'sliafts 62, 'carried by heads Vpicker blades 60. are like the blades 57 of Figure 7 Figures 10 and l1 Vdisclosing the pickerdevice as composed entirely of blade pickers yas distinguished from Figure 7 wherein the blade v.pickers alternate lWith toothl pickers ,54.

Y In operation, the column of clay is forced out of the press and is subject totheaction devices on the opposite sides and 'top fthereof, "the picker .devices being 63 on the shaft 64. In this forni ofthe invention it will be seen that the- .rotated in. afdirectio'n opposite to that vin i Which the clay moves. The `picker devices in veach form of .the ,invention are positively and bodily moved ivithrespect toy thebo dy yof `clay,"butl it Will be noted vthat the. pickers themselves ,caniotate independently of' the body rotation of the picker' device, which thus `produces varying effects Which are eX-y ceedingly ornamental and attractive.

"The invention thus aords a compound movement; of `the pickers, or ornallenting devices, which/latter are bodily rotated l and kat the same time upon` .enteringttheg-clay,

move independentlyl of the devices .them-` selves, to provide a dragging action ofthe pickers, and thus vproduce varying lfee'cts, as distinguished from a set or regular effect.

'What If claim. is

1, An ornamenting` attachment for brick -ma=cliines, including supporting Emeans, arotatable picker device, means to mount-the pickers for rotarymovement independent of movement of the device, and means to'positively rotate the device. f

2.I in ornamenting attachment for brick machines, including -a supportinghmeans, a

movable pickerdevice, means to ,mount the pickers for movement independent 'of move- .ment of the device,.and means to effect movement ofthe device.

z 3. An ornamentingattachment for .br'lk machines, including a supporting means, a bodily rotatable picker` device, ,circular series vof pickers carried ,by the device, :means to mount the pickers for movement ,independent of the dev-ice, and v,meansto Arotate the device. V

1 4. An `ornainentiiig attachment iforbrick machines, including a supporting means, a movablecarrier, ornamenting means non the carrier, means to mount 'the ornamenting means -for t movement 7independent of the; carrier, andgmeans to effect-)movement ofthe carriesv 5. An ornamenting attachment for brick machines, including a supporting means, brick ornamenting means on the support, and means whereby to impart a compound movement to the ornamenting means.

l6. An ornamenting attachment for brickl machines, including a supporting means, a cylindrical picker device, a series of pickers arranged in circular formation on the device, means to rotate the device, and'means to permit of independent rotary movement of the pickers with respect to the device.

7. In anornamenting device for bricks, ornamenting means, means to eiect bodily movement of the ornamenting means, and means to permit movement of the ornamenting means independently of the first named movement thereof. l

8. An ornament-ing device for brick machines, including a carrier composed of spaced heads, means for rotating the carrier,

Vshafts connecting the heads, and means on the shafts engageable With the bricks and movable independently of the heads to ornament the bricks.

9. An ornamenting device for brick machines, including a rotatable carrier, means to rotate the carrier, and means engageable With the bricks and movable thereby independently of the carrier to ornament the bricks. y f y 10. An ornamenting device for brick'maa column of clay out of the machine', a rotatable carrier, ornamentlng means on the, carrier for engaging and ornamentlng the f column of clay, means to rotate the carrier and therewith the ornamenting means in a direction opposite to the direction of movement Aof the column of clay, and means to permit movement of the ornamenting means independent of the movement `of the car-l rier so as to cause the ornamenting means upon engagement With the column of clay to move With and thereby in the direction of movement of the column of clay.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand this 13th day of July, 1926.k

HERBERT R. MGCUNE. 

